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Mr Louie French vs Michael Payne

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Mr Louie French
Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup
vs
Photograph of Michael Payne
Michael Payne
Lab Gedling

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Michael Payne voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 307 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 305 different votes 307 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
25 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
45 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 45 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
45 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

80.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 196 of 649
Participation
76.9 %
4 % above average
Rank 272 of 649
988
1,231 eligible divisions
Total votes
442
575 eligible divisions
497
50.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
230
52.0 % of votes cast
491
49.7 % of votes cast
No votes
212
48.0 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
4 years, 8 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

53
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 404 of 650
Appearances
25
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 650
69
-69.3 vs Commons average
Rank 420 of 650
Contributions
28
-110.3 vs Commons average
Rank 575 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£423,303
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37 % below average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4 % below average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
11
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Education
48 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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